The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
Events
Register today for GetSmART! Learning Series: Your Impact Through Data workshop to use data, statistics, analytics in grant applications and outcome reports. The workshop is free to attend and will be conducted on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10 a.m. via Zoom.
The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, in partnership with the Louisiana Division of the Arts, is hosting the Louisiana Arts Summit (LAS). The three-day event offers artists, arts organizations, educators, business leaders, and community members opportunities for discussion, networking, and professional development.
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will be presented from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to July 9. Admission to the festival is free and open to the public.
The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology will be held on October 19-22, 2023, in Ottawa, Canada, at the Westin Ottawa Hotel.
In this year’s annual Rosemary Miller Lecture, Duncan Campbell remembers Nancy Hiller and her deep commitment to historic preservation, the written word, fine woodworking, and personal ethics. The event takes place May 26 at 6:00 pm (EDT).
Registration is nearly full for the 2023 Folklife in the South Gathering. FiTS takes place June 8-10, 2023, at Lake Guntersville State Park in Guntersville, Alabama.
Peggy Yocom is offering an in-person creative writing workshop, titled Living Words: Folklore and Creative Writing, in Maine from July 23 - 29.
Program staff from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will introduce a range of grant opportunities and the National Heritage Fellowships program, including an overview of funding opportunities, examples of successful projects, and things to consider when submitting an application or nomination. The webinar will take place Wednesday, May 17 from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (EDT). There will be time for questions at the end of the webinar.
The NEA has partnered with the NTIA to host a Digital Equity Act Webinar that will take place Apr 18, 2023 from 3:00 pm - 4:00 p.m. (EDT). This webinar is intended for arts workers, state/regional/local arts agencies, arts service organizations, arts organizations, artists, or audiences who may be impacted by the systemic barriers that prevent some from fully participating in today’s increasingly digital society and economy—or working with communities affected by digital inequities.